Liquor for treating plant material and process of producing the same



Patented June 28, 1927 I UNITED-STATE;

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This invention relates toa liquor for treats ing plant. material and, more particularly; wood in the production of pulp, 1 and to ya: process for producing .such liquor. -,v-

Various liquors have.- been proposed 'for'- the treatment of wood in the production oi pulp and the characteristic functions re: quired of a particular liquor arewellknown in the art. The substances whichhold thej =charged vapors evolved in the treatment of 10 fibre together in a block orl chip of'wood must be softened, dissolved or removed as to permit the liberation of such-fibre.

whlch has been previously used and in which {the volatile extractives'have been recovered.

accomplishing such liberation of thefibre it is important to avoid the form'ationor 1 retention of substances, which tend to impart? .jj i

I'sodaash 'ln'the proportions required for the a dark colour to the product which tend to weaken the fibre produced or which tend. to decrease the yield of pulp formed. More-g over, from an economical point of view, it is desirable to decrease as much as possible the time required for treating the wood. Furthermore, it has been found that the time element has a considerablejinfluence on the treatment of wood and this is thought to be due to the-many chemical reactions which maytake place in such treatment. These reactions are so complex and relatively so little is known of them that it is diffic'ult and practically impossible to specifically de fine theparticular reactions whichtake place or which are avoided in the successful treatment of wood. It has, however, been found: that improved results are obtained when ceri tain conditions are maintained in thetreat ment of the wood. I It is thus an object of this invention to provide a new composite liquor for thetreat 'ment of weed, which'is adapted to facilitate the successful treatment of the-wood and to produce a desirable oharajcterof pulpjBy the use of this new liquor I have been able 1. to reduce the time required for treating the wood and at the same time secure the desired strength of fibre and colourin'the pulp produced. 1

- Briefly stated, this new liqu'or'is produced by dissolving- Sodium carbonate in water charged with volatile and other solvent ex 5 p a may be made in my lnvention as herein dotractives derived. from wood, circulating sul phur dioxide through'such solution until the desired quantity thereof is absorbed thereby, and adding sulphur'theretq,

By volatile and other solventextractives, I mean the, substances which are removed from wood by its treatment withliquor and evolved in the form of vapor or in solution ,Thus the water, use invention in preparing the treating liquor,

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in the particular solvent employed. Obviously the specific composition of these ext'ractives will vary with the particular wood *being treate-d and the liquor employed but I have found themto be valuable constituents of (wood treating liquors.

d as a solvent in this may be water into which there is initially woodwith a cooking'liquor and extractives m solution in'the liquor -or it may be a liquor In this vchz'trged waterthere is dissolved particularcharacter of wood to be treated.

The) Solution formed preferably contains seven to-thirteen per cent by weight of the sodasash. I Sulphur dioxide is caused to com- 'bine-iwiththis solutiofi.preferably to the extent of 51X to ten per cent by weight and elemental sulphur is added and caused to combine with the solution. The complete reactions taking place in the operation of this process .are not known but'for the treatment of some wood it has been found desirable to have an excess of soda ash with.

respecttto the sulphur dioxide used and it ,is thought that the sulphur reacts with at least a portion of this excess soda ash. The amount of sulphur added is preferably not gsufi'ic ient to react with all the excess of soda ashjpresent and I'find= that for certain uses in the, solution it has been found preferable to raise; the temperature above the boiling point "of the. solution and the pressure to. fiforty td one hundred pounds. Under these conditions thefsulph'ur is readily inc0rpo-' I rated into the solution;

Y'Vhile'I have dC-flribed this liquor with particular reference t ,the treatment of: wood it is to be understood' th'a-t itfisaoplicable to the treatment of plant material in general for the liberation of the plant fibre.

It will be apparent that various changes fined'without' departing from the spirit of .the invention as claimed.

' ing sulphur dioxide into the solution so formed.

2. A process of making liquor for treatingplant material, which comprises, charging Water With volatile and other solvent extraotives produced in the treatment of Wood, dissolving soda ash in the so charged Water, passing sulphur dioxide into said solution and adding sulphur thereto as herein described.

3. A process of making liquor for treating plant material, which comprises forming an aqueous solution With soda ash and sulphur dioxide and incorporating in said solution' sulphur at a temperature above its boiling point and at an elevated pressure, as herein described.

4. A liquor for treating plant material, comprising Water charged with volatile and other solvent extractives produced in the treatment of wood, sodium carbonate dissolved therein and'sulphur dioxide combined with said solution. f

5. A liquor for treating plant material,

comprising in combination water charged with volatile and other solvent extractives produced in the treatment of wood, sodium carbonate and sulphur dioxide.

6. A liquor for treating plant material, comprising in combination water volatile and other solvent extractives of wood, -sodium carbonate, sulphur dioxide and sulphur. I I

7. A liquor for treating plant material, comprising in combination water volatile and other solvent extractives of wood, soda ash and sulphur dioxide, the soda ash being in excess of the amount required to react with the sulphur dioxide.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FREDERICK KNAPP FISH, JR. 

